Niche line Byredo has launched Rose of No Man’s Land, a new fragrance presumably inspired by the song of the same name. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Doctors Without Borders…
Byredo Westbrook ~ new fragrance
Niche line Byredo has launched Westbrook, a new fragrance in collaboration with basketball player Russell Westbrook. Westbrook’s second fashion collection for Barneys, Westbrook XO Barneys, debuted last month…
An elegant, slightly decrepit hotel
As if someone who smells very good was just sitting in a leather chair, in a room full of carefully hand-bound books in an elegant, slightly decrepit hotel, situated in the back street of a European city.
An anonymous fan describes the smell of Byredo's Bibliothèque candle. From Aromas Are the New Frontier for Interior Design at Observer.
Byredo + Oliver Peoples ~ new fragrance
Next month, niche line Byredo will launch a collaborative fragrance and pair of sunglasses with luxury eyewear brand Oliver Peoples…
Byredo Black Saffron & Seven Veils ~ fragrance reviews
Am I the only fragrance lover who sometimes anthropomorphizes perfume? For instance, to me Caron Tabac Blond is a woman of a certain age who used to be edgy and still won’t suffer fools, but now spends a lot of time reading novels she pulls from her leather handbag; Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower is a radiant starlet almost too beautiful to behold — to the point where she can exhaust you after a few hours; and Guerlain Shalimar is one of the few who can pull off devoré velvet without looking like a Stevie Nicks wannabe.
Similarly Byredo Black Saffron and Seven Veils have distinct personalities. Black Saffron is an introvert who wants to be known as an androgynous intellectual but is too shy to attend any of the parties she’s invited to. Instead, she gorges herself at home on raspberries sprinkled with rosewater while she reads Oscar Wilde in her leather club chair and is in bed by nine o’clock…